Bella's pov
I couldn't do anything except stare into his eyes. He looked backed at me like he couldn't believe what he just did either. The first time I blinked is when all hell broke loose.
Edward was standing in front of me one minute and the next he was pinned to the car across from me by my brothers. When I opened my mouth to say something, I was tackled to the ground by a very pissed off Rosalie.
I still didn't have time to react because Nali came up out of no where and pulled her off of me. When I got to my feet all of my family plus Edward's crew were there. I knew I should've skipped school today.
" What the fucking hell is your deal you psycho?!" Nali growled at Rosalie.
" Ask your fucking friends, they freaking attacked Edward," she exclaimed.
" He attacked Izzy first!" Brent yelled, he walked up and started to tower over him. Emmett went up and pushed him away from Rosalie. All the guys had to hold him back from attacking Emmett.
" So you started this you stupid freak!" Lauren pushed her way through the crowd with a pissed off face. I couldn't help but smirk at her appearance, her hair resembled a haystack and it was tangled from me grabbing her hair.
" Shut the fuck up Lauren before I kick your fake ass again," I sneered at her.
She lunged for me, but I waited until she hit me first, first rule of fighting. I have to admit the girl's tougher than she looks, she got one good slap in. But, I got more than a few good punches in. I felt the anger I had earlier kick in. In addition to her broken nose I was going for pulling out some of those fake teeth in her disgusting mouth.
When I finally got off of her I looked up and saw that everyone was fighting. Nali was pounding the shit out of Rosalie, Emmett and Brent were pretty even in injuries, Alice and Lyssa were currently rolling around on the ground, Tristan and Jasper were shoving each other around, Mila was yanking furiously on Jessica's hair, Danju was on top of Josh, Kai was beating the hell out of Mike, and Kira was currently kicking Meagan who was on the ground, and Sergio and Edward were just full out boxing.
I looked around and found Danni video taping the whole thing with a huge smile on her face. I shook my head, the girl may be a bookworm but she sure as hell ain't innocent. She was sitting on top of Brent's Hummer, so she could get everything.
I almost started laughing, but I couldn't because someone slammed into the side of my body. I hit the gravel hard and felt my lip start bleeding, whoever was on top of me was pulling chunks of my hair, it hurt like hell. I grabbed their hair and slammed their head on the ground. They groaned and rolled away. I looked up and saw that it was Rosalie.
Before I could get my turn to kick her ass, Nali was on top of her, punching with fury. " You think you can lay one cheap shot on me and get away with it, you stupid bitch?" she yelled.
I stood up and saw Jessica, Lauren, and Meagan running back to the school, no doubt going to rat to the principal. All the boys had chilled out, settling on just glaring at each other. Mila and Kira were working on trying to get Nali off of Rosalie. Sergio had to step in and yank her away.
Danju ran to help Danni climb off the top of the car, and that's when all the teachers coming running out. I think we just proved that they needed to invest in security. All of us just stood there waiting for the yelling we all knew was gonna happen. I think everyone was shocked when the principal, Mr. Stanford, turned directly to me and started yelling.
" Miss Swan! What are you thinking? It's only your second day here and you've already started fights!" he bellowed.
I raised my eyebrows in question. But I looked over his shoulder and saw the bitch triplets smirking, it was pretty gross with their teeth all bloody.
" There is no fucking way you're gonna put this on me," I told him calmly.
He looked taken aback, probably not used to having students cuss at him. " You watch that mouth," he was waving his finger in front of my face. I rolled my eyes, yeah that was real intimidating. " What is Chief Swan going to say about this?" Mr. Stanford asked.
" He can't say anything because I didn't start the fight," I told him.
He motioned to the girls behind him, it was pathetic to see them trying to look innocent. " All three of these girls all said that you started the fight."
" And I bet the only reason you believe them is because their daddies hand you pretty checks," I growled.
His face started turning red from his anger. I could care less because I knew what I said was true. Before I moved to Phoenix I was on my way to the main office to get my transfer papers, I passed the principal's office and saw Lauren sitting in there. Apparently one of her bully victims told the principal and he called her father in, Lauren's dad wrote out a check and handed it to Mr. Stanford. And he accepted it calling the whole situation a misunderstanding.
" That's enough Izzy," Nali said calmly. She gently squeezed my shoulder, telling me that she would take care of it. I stepped back into the warm embrace of my family, waiting to see how this would play out.
Nali faced the principal I could see from his expression that he was weary to go against my sister, and from his body language you could tell that he was intimidated. She turned around and held her hand out to Danni, Danni placed something in the palm of her hand. She turned back to Mr. Stanford with an even expression.
She held the object out for not only him to see but the rest of the teachers that were watching silently. " Here's the video tape that recorded the entire fight from the moment all of us were out here to the moment all of you stepped to intervene. Now," she said, looking into the eyes of every adult, " you could look at this tape and punish those who are really responsible, or you could choose to ignore it. If you choose to ignore it I will take it and place it into the hands of Chief Swan himself, and see if he can solve this little dilemma."
All the teachers were shocked into silence, including most of the kids that were there too. You can see how seriously Nali takes things when they involve us. There is no way that she's going to stand by when one of us is in trouble, we were all very lucky to have her.
Mr. Stanford kept opening and closing his mouth as if he couldn't think of any words to come out. He blinked a couple more times before he straightened up and tried to seem intimidating. " Are you threatening me?" he growled, or tried rather.
" No," Nali smiled, " threaten gives the impression that I don't plan to follow through. And I have no problem fulfilling my promises."
" Young lady you are way out of line," one of the female teachers said. I think she taught sophomore algebra, Mrs. Clark, or something like that.
Nali looked over the principal's shoulder and looked directly at her. " I do believe this conversation has absolutely nothing to do with you, or the rest of the faculty, for that matter. My brothers and sisters are not at fault here and I will make sure that they are not blamed. If you have a problem with that, you can consider yourself included in my promise to Mr. Stanford."
I was shaking from silent laughter along with the rest of my family. It was hilarious to see supposed ' authority figures' afraid of a student. In the end Lauren was the only one who got punished, and all she got was a week worth of detention. Yeah, that's justice.
Next day. Bella's point of view
Surprisingly there has been no fights today. Of course whenever we see each other in the hallways insults are thrown around, but no fatal injuries have happened yet. Everybody knows about the huge fight that happened between the 'populars and the outsiders'. You would think that people could be more creative than that.
I hadn't spoken to Emmett since yesterday, when I would pass him in the hall I could see that he wanted to talk to me, but Rosalie would just drag him in the other direction. I can't believe I actually thought that coming back here would be a good idea, all its done is cause me and my family trouble. What's really interesting is that we have yet to see Charlie, he's gone completely a-wall. But to be honest no one minded, we were used to being without adult supervisors.
When we walked in the cafeteria that day, it was dead silent. We looked around and saw that everyone was looking in between the Cullen clan and us, like they were expecting something to happen. Back in Phoenix fights happened on a weekly basis. Everyone at the Cullen table was glaring at us, minus Alice and Emmett. Emmett was looking at the table, as if he was ashamed, and Alice was looking at us with longing in her eyes, why I don't know.
They had really crappy food in the lunch line so we decided to just get some lemonade and go outside and chill. It wasn't as cold as I remembered it being here, usually it was about 70 degrees outside. ( I know that's a complete lie, but hey they spend a lot of time outside can't let them freeze)
We were heading towards our usual spot when I felt a tug on my jacket. I turned around and saw Nali standing there, she nodded her head in the direction of the school, " Let's go for a walk," she said. We were silent for a while, I didn't say anything because I knew she was the one who had something to say.
" What do you think about being back here?" she asked finally.
I took a deep breath. " I honestly don't think it was much of a good idea anymore."
" Why do you think that?" she asked, voice full of curiosity.
" Because nothing but trouble has come from being here," I said frustrated, " I lost Emmett as a friend, we almost got expelled for a fight that we didn't start, and Lauren, who did start it, just got a slap on the wrist. It's not fair. This whole stupid town isn't fair, it's never going to be fair, it's always going to be the Cullen's that get treated like saints." ( I say Cullens but that includes that whole little group, just wanted to clear that up)
I hadn't realized we had stopped until I looked up at Nali, she was staring at me with a thoughtful expression. " Bella why-," she started.
" You called me Bella," I interrupted. I was staring at her with wide eyes. She had never called me Bella before.
" So?" she questioned. She had a gleam in her eye, the one where she's about to prove a point. But what point could she possibly prove?
" You've never called me Bella before," I said quietly.
" Maybe not to your face," she said with a smile in her voice. I looked at her with confusion on my face. Nali looked at me and started laughing, laughing! Why does she think that this is funny? " Seriously," she said amused, " what is it with you and this name thing?"
" Bella is who I used to be, Izzy is who I am now."
" What's the difference between Bella and Izzy?" she asked.
I stopped and thought. What was the difference? Was it the fact that I had changed so drastically? Was it because I couldn't stand to be called Bella, because it reminded me of my old friends? Or was there really no difference at all?
I looked at Nali with no answer, but it didn't seem like she expected one. She shook her, she usually does when she thinks one of us is acting like a child, maybe I was.
" Don't you see," she sighed, while she leaned against the wall, " Bella and Izzy are just names. Words that have no meaning unless you give them one. Your name does not define who you are, who you are is what defines your name. So who do you want to be?" she asked. I stood there speechless, I didn't have an answer and she knew it. " Bella and Izzy both come from one name, Isabella. Both names are one person, no matter what you call yourself your still the same person you were when you left Forks the first time."
" I'm not the same person, I'm not weak anymore. I got tough," I growled.
" No you grew up," she said harshly. She laughed once in disbelief. " You think you're tough because you can fight? Being tough isn't just being able to knock a girl out. Being tough, is being able to use the knowledge in your head, and the passion in your heart to fight, instead of using the power in you fists. Being tough, is being able to walk away when someone tries to drag you down."
" I know," I sighed.
" Really?" she asked. " Then how come you let someone like Lauren Mallory trick you into a fight?"
" She was talking shit about Renee-" I tried to defend.
" She's not the first one! Plenty of girls have talked shit before, why is it so easy for her to get to you?"
" It's because I hate her!" I yelled. " It's because she gets everything she wants with a snap of her fingers. It's because she bullies everyone and gets away with it. No one stands up to her. But I will. I don't care if I get in trouble, I just want her to pay."
" Bella, Lauren Mallory is just a spoiled brat, she doesn't matter. Her opinions don't matter, her words, her actions if we want they can't touch us. That goes for any person we ever meet, if we don't want them to they can't hurt us."
I sighed, she was right as usual. There were girls like Lauren in Phoenix, but they didn't get to me like she did. And I know the only reason she got to me was because I let her, but that was going to change. I smiled at Nali, when she smiled back we knew there wasn't anymore words that needed to be said.
We started walking back, and could her the laughter of our family from around the corner. We paused at the sight that we saw. For some reason, Alyssa was jumping around like a deer. ( the real Alyssa actually did do something like that…I remember) I started laughing. Everyone looked back at us, and I laughed even harder when Alyssa turned around with her hands still on her head like a deer's. She smiled brightly before lowering her hands, a little reluctantly I might add.
" Everything good Izzy?" Tristan asked.
I peeked at Nali before I turned back, " Bella," I corrected him. There was pause before everyone ran to tackle me in a hug.
" You finally got over your identity crisis!" Danju yelled.
" I could've sworn you were suffering from a multi personality disorder!" Mila said dramatically.
" I just thought you were Looney!" Brent said happily.
Everyone busted into laughter at his childish comment. I had to squeeze my way out of the tightly knit circle.
" Ha ha," I said sarcastically. " I feel like a song," I said suddenly, " anybody else?"
Everyone ran to the cars to get their stuff. Me and Nali were going to be the designated singers. Whenever they got back they immediately started setting up their stuff. Since we couldn't bring a drum set to school, Danju used his computer to make his beats. I'm not into technology so no, I don't know how it works. When I glanced to the cafeteria I could see everyone looking at us like we were crazy. But the one who stood out was Alice, she looked like she wanted to be out here with us more than anything else. I looked away before I felt too sorry for her and did something stupid.
" Alright I'll take first verse, Bella take second," I nodded, " alright hit it."
Halo by Beyonce
Danni started it with her violin, then Danju threw in a beat. We bobbed are heads, trying to get a feel, then Alyssa started on the keyboard. Finally, Nali found her words.
Remember those walls I built?
Well, baby they're tumbling down
She made circle motions with her fingers.
And they didn't even put up a fight
They didn't even make a sound
She put a finger over her lips.
I found a way to let you in
But, I never really had a doubt
Standing in the light of you halo
I got my angel now
It's like I've been awakened
Every rule I had, break it
It's the risk that I'm taking
I'm never gonna shut you out
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
She hugged her body.
Baby, I can see you halo
You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over you face
Baby, I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away
She held her hands together.
I can feel you halo
I can see your halo
I can feel you halo
I can see your halo
Halo, oh oh
Bella's part
Hit me like a ray of sun
Burning through my darkest night
You're the only one that I want
I clutched my heart.
Think I'm addicted to your light
I swore I'd never fall again
I shook my head.
But this don't even feel like falling
Gravity can't forget
To pull me back to the ground again
It's like I've been awakened
Every rule I had, break it
It's the risk that I'm taking
I'm never gonna shut you out
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
I hugged my body.
Baby, I can see you halo
You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over you face
Baby, I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away
I can feel you halo
I can see your halo
I can feel you halo
I can see your halo
Halo, oh oh
I can feel you halo
I can see your halo
I can feel you halo
I can see your halo
Halo, oh oh
Halo, oh oh
Halo, oh oh
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
She hugged her body.
Baby, I can see you halo
You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over you face
Baby, I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away
When we finished the song we finally noticed all the kids that were standing there watching us. They were looking at us with awe. It's not a surprise we didn't notice it before, we usually never do when we're into our music.
The bell saying lunch was over rang, we took all our stuff back to our cars. When we were on our way back to the classrooms, I couldn't miss the unforgettable, emerald green, eyes.
Well there it is! So sorry it took so long. Probably not one of my best chapters but I'm working on it. The whole singing thing looks way cooler in my head, I tried to make it work. Shrugs.
Love you all,
Nisa